University Southern California Trojans
Trojan Sports Week In Review
September 08, 1999 | USC Athletics
Sept. 8, 1999
Sport Record Conf. Record National Rank Last Week Women's Soccer 2-1 0-0 24th def. Maryland 3-0, lost to Florida 3-1 Women's Volleyball 1-1 0-0 21st def. North Carolina 3-0, lost to LBSU 3-2 Women's Cross Country - - - finished 10th at CSUF CC Invitational Football 1-0 0-0 18th AP, 20th Coaches defeated Hawaii 62-7This Week
Thursday: Women's Volleyball vs. Nevada, Univ. of Hawaii Tournament, Honolulu, HI, 5 p.m. HST
Friday: Women's Volleyball vs. Hawaii, Univ. of Hawaii Tournament, Honolulu, HI, 7 p.m. HST
Women's Soccer vs. Portland, Husker Fila Tournament, Lincoln, NE
Men's Water Polo at Long Beach State, 3 p.m.
Saturday: Women's Cross Country, UC Irvine Invitational
Women's Volleyball vs. Tennessee, Univ. of Hawaii
Sunday: Women's Soccer vs. Connecticut, Husker Fila Tournament, Lincoln, NE
Women's Soccer
Isabelle Harvey scored two goals to lead No. 24 USC to a 3-0 victory over
Maryland. Goalkeeper Shaelyn Fernandes earned the shutout without needing
to make a save. USC outshot the Terrapins 15-9. The Women of Troy then
faced Florida and fell to the Gators, 3-1. Katie Ticehurst scored USC's
only goal.
Women's Volleyball
Antoinette Polk tallied 12 kills and Amber Oliver had 12 kills and five
blocks to lead No. 21 USC to a 15-9, 15-3, 15-3 win over North Carolina in
the first game of the Long Beach Tournament. In the second match, USC lost
to host Long Beach State, 15-12, 13-15, 15-13, 10-15, 7-15. Polk led the
way with 24 kills and 17 digs while Janae Henry added 16 kills and 12 digs.
Women's Cross Country
USC finished 10th at the CSUF Jammin Cross Country Invitational. Katie
Kennedy had the Trojans' best finish, placing 28th overall with a time of
19:17.60. USC's average time was 20:51.68.
Football
USC opened the season with a 62-7 win at Hawaii. Carson Palmer completed
14 of 16 passes for 167 yards and one touchdown while Chad Morton and
Sultan McCullough rushed for 95 and 83 yards, respectively. The Trojan
offense piled up 529 yards of total offense on its way to its highest
scoring total since 1989. The defense held Hawaii to 221 yards while
getting seven quarterback sacks and forcing five turnovers. Kicker David
Newbury made field goals of 48 and 34 yards.
Athletes of the Week
Carson Palmer
Sophomore quarterback Carson Palmer displayed a hot hand in the 1999
season opener against Hawaii, completing 14 of 16 passes for 167 yards and
a touchdown (a 32-yard strike to Windrell Hayes). Palmer led the team to a
48-0 lead before giving way to back-up Mike Van Raaphorst early in the
third quarter.
Antoinette Polk
Junior outside hitter Antoinette Polk had 12 kills to lead the USC
women's volleyball team to a 3-0 win over North Carolina in the first match
of the Long Beach State Tournament. She had 24 kills and 17 digs in the
second match as the Women of Troy threatened to upset defending national
champion Long Beach State but fell in five games 15-12, 13-15, 15-13,
10-15, 7-15.
USC Named College of the Year
USC has been chosen as the "College of the Year" by the 2000 edition of
the Time/Princeton Review College guide. USC was chosen because of the
remarkable bonds the university has forged with local schools, community
residents, police, businesses and community organizations. The editors
cited the university's model of service learning--the practice of applying
academic theory to real life situations through public service--as their
main reason for choosing USC as the college of the year, saying USC has one
of the most ambitous social-outreach programs of any university in the
nation. This year, after seeing its undergraduate applications double over
the last few years, the university is enrolling the most academically
accomplished freshman class in its history. And USC is the only university
to have received three individual gifts of $100 million or more.
